<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hi Rich Boyd (KE3Q):</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">We are making many enhancements with the NCDXA organization. One of them includes issuing the NCDXA Newsletter each quarter.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Would you be interested in being our editor? I'm about done with the first newsletter. The Spring issue will be due in March 2012. Our format is much like the <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>Northern California DX Club's.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Please let me know.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">David - K3LP</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">NCDXA President</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Richard Boyd <richardlboyd@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Howard Hoyt <n4af@pvrc.org>; Radio Club <pvrc@mailman.qth.net> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, December 4, 2011 2:51 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [PVRC] "green" beam element rotation<BR></FONT><BR>Good idea. You can make a really sturdy hub with two pieces of steel<BR>angle, each with a U-bolt. - KE3Q<BR><BR>On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Howard Hoyt <<A href="mailto:n4af@pvrc.org"
ymailto="mailto:n4af@pvrc.org">n4af@pvrc.org</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Rich -<BR>><BR>> Have you considered a quad w/ the bamboo ?<BR>><BR>> 73, Howie N4AF<BR>><BR>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Richard DiDonna NN3W<BR>> <<A href="mailto:richnn3w@verizon.net" ymailto="mailto:richnn3w@verizon.net">richnn3w@verizon.net</A>> wrote:<BR>> > Prior to CQWW, I decided to try a home brew yagi utilizing an abundant<BR>> supply of green bamboo in the woods near by house. The theory worked<BR>> pretty well - a 14 inch "boom" using 3" diameter straight bamboo and two<BR>> "elements" using 2 inch bamboo - 18 feet for the reflector and 16 feet for<BR>> the reflector. Using eye-bolts I strung ropes from one end of the reflecor<BR>> to the same end of the director - this was repeated for the other side of<BR>> the element.<BR>> ><BR>> > The actual antenna consisted of appropriately sized
#12 wire which was<BR>> zip tied to the length of the reflector and the director, respectively.<BR>> The driven element was a centrally placed 10 meter dipole - the ends of<BR>> which were supported by the ropes mentioned above. This was done primarily<BR>> to save weight.<BR>> ><BR>> > I felt the yagi was too heavy - 24 pounds - owing to the bamboo being<BR>> too large in diameter. So, this morning I found better bamboo - 1.5 inch<BR>> diameter for the boom and 1 inch diameter for the elements.<BR>> ><BR>> > Unfortunately, I could not find unform diameter and size bamboo for the<BR>> elements which has resulted in them rotating around the boom when mounted<BR>> using a U bolt, "teethed" U bolt bracket, and nuts.<BR>> ><BR>> > Anyone have an idea how to hold the elements in place? My first<BR>> inclination was to string rope from the element tip (the heaviest side)
to<BR>> a U bolt placed on the boom - and string the rope such that it tenses up<BR>> counter to the typical direction of rotation.<BR>> ><BR>> > 73 Rich NN3W<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > ______________________________________________________________<BR>> > PVRC mailing list<BR>> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc<BR>> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm<BR>> > Post: mailto:<A href="mailto:PVRC@mailman.qth.net" ymailto="mailto:PVRC@mailman.qth.net">PVRC@mailman.qth.net</A><BR>> ><BR>> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net<BR>> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html<BR>> ______________________________________________________________<BR>> PVRC mailing list<BR>> Home: <A href="http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc" target=_blank>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc</A><BR>> Help: <A
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http://dropbox.yousendit.com/RichardBoyd/ (No L<BR>middle initial in this one)<BR>______________________________________________________________<BR>PVRC mailing list<BR>Home: <A href="http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc" target=_blank>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/pvrc</A><BR>Help: <A href="http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm" target=_blank>http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm</A><BR>Post: mailto:<A href="mailto:PVRC@mailman.qth.net" ymailto="mailto:PVRC@mailman.qth.net">PVRC@mailman.qth.net</A><BR><BR>This list hosted by: <A href="http://www.qsl.net/" target=_blank>http://www.qsl.net</A><BR>Please help support this email list: <A href="http://www.qsl.net/donate.html" target=_blank>http://www.qsl.net/donate.html</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>